Langdon_777:FarkinHostile: clyph: Do you admit that doing so would likely effectively end your career and earn you the undying hatred of your "brother" cops?

If you said 'no' to either, YOU are still part of the problem.

So, just how is committing career suicide and making hundreds of powerful enemies gonna solve the problem? You think all of a sudden everybody is going to start burning down their co-workers/buddies from now on if he were to do such a thing? No, human nature would kick in, the thin blue line will rally the wagons, and nothing would change. Go ahead, buck the system hard at your job, see what happens. Making enemies of the guys who watch your back is stupid and accomplishes nothing but to ruin his own life.

I don't like it either, but you don't want policemen, you want police robots. You can't expect people to ignore their own self interest. It's silly, no matter what the idealism behind it.

Cameras on the uniform is the way to help solve this. Civilians with cameras also. Record EVERYTHING when it comes to police.

Ya know that is what we pay them for!

That is what they swear to do!

Enforce the law without FEAR OR FAVOUR!!!!!

I study history, a lot. That scenario has never happened, as far as I can tell.

I'm glad the video was put out on the internet. It really aligns well with what I've come to expect from people and police.

See, the thing about police brutality nobody (except cops) wanna talk about is that, in nearly every case, the person deserved *something*. Maybe not a punch in the face - but seriously - what the hell is wrong with this woman. You've got a bunch of guys in their clean and pressed uniforms and you're going to walk up and spray them in the face with silly string? That's a giant dick move.

I remember everyone talking about Rodney King back in the day. Nobody ever mentioned how the other black guy in the car got out and didn't lead the cops on a high speed chase and how he didn't get beat. But no, everyone talked about the race thing and how cops in LA hated black people.

Did the girl deserve to get punched in the face? Eh. Probably. To be perfectly honest. If it were two guys at a bar - a lot more of you would be like 'Haha! Serves him right!'. Some douchbag sprays silly string in your face; you punch him. That's life. People would call him a hero. Make it a girl...well....even with the best of intentions this country is still sexist as hell. Women's rights only extends in the direction we all think it should. Not in the 'true equality' sense. Women are still considered more weak and more frail.

Then make the other guy a cop? And now everyone wants to hate them.

I know, I know, people are going to call me a troll, which is fine. I also realize that this is a POTENTIALLY slippery slope. But at the end of the day, I'm really okay with living in a world where if you act like a complete douchbag you might get punched in the face.

Sadly, what will probably happen is that she'll get a few hundred k worth of tax payer money. Now, instead of being a deterrent, more people are going to actively seek this crap out. I'd LOVE to get a huge payday for going around and being a dick until someone punches me.

clyph:Worst case, he gets fired with much public wringing of hands and claims that it was an isolated incident. Then he goes through the union appeals process and after the hubbub has died down he quietly gets re-hired with back pay and everyone pretends it never happened and hopes the media doesn't notice.

At least he's already a white shirt, so he probably won't get a promotion out of this.

FTFA: Many point out that the young women simply threw some water from her bottle or sprayed silly string, others point to the fact that it was actually someone else out of shot who threw the substance that hit the officers.

There is no 'simply threw some water or sprayed silly string'.

There is no simply, when it comes to throwing shiat at someone else.

You don't throw shiat at someone else. That is assault.It doesn't matter what is in the bottle.You don't throw shiat at someone else.You especially don't throw shiat at a fking cop.

I say call it even, then call it a day. They're both assholes.

I hope your mom gets punched the same way by a large black man (and not your dad this time).

A real winner. Entered himself in the Philadelphia Daily Mail's Sexy Singles competition a few years back, saying he was "sick of meeting women that act like girls." He has shot a guy dead breaking up a robbery, and got stabbed in the back in a bar fight, while off duty.

I'd say he has issues.

I'd... I'd do him. We might have to argue over top and bottom, like I mean wrestle around in an angry way and seize each other with our strong thigh muscles and roll over and over until , but yeah. i could knock out that ashy skin with a little coco oil and some intensity, just sayin'.

spqr_ca:This is why you have to resist all attempts to prevent photography and videography in public of Police. Without this video, this guy gets away with it, with the video she probably gets a hefty payout and he'll probably lose his job. Which he should.

Don't kid yourself. He'll get 2 weeks of paid vacation and some additional sensitivity training. She'll still be charged with assault.

willfullyobscure:fark tha police but fark this stupid biatch even more. What's the rule about "stupid" again? i can't remember but it CERTAINLY applies here. Good for this cop for showing some restraint. 50 years ago, she would have had a cracked skull or worse...oh, wait, 50 years ago, they didn't let the zoo animals out to have a block party that needed the cops to come and save women from being raped and men from being killed(and raped)

whyRpeoplesostupid:Yeah, different laws in different states. You're probably right though to get the Feds to take a look at it

Then, afterwards, sue the shiat out of them. The one thing that will put an end to false arrests on this is money, always money. When money become involved, the cops who don't toe the line don't stay employed.

4tehsnowflakes:I was with you up until "everyone is happy". I for one am decidedly unhappy to be living in a society where the fact that technology has made it easier to watch people has led most of them to believe that the privacy rights granted by the Constitution are just words on a piece of paper.

You do know that there's no legal expectation of privacy when in public right? Its not like you can take a dump in the middle of the street and expect that people should look the other way to respect your privacy... Doesn't work like that.

spqr_ca:This is why you have to resist all attempts to prevent photography and videography in public of Police. Without this video, this guy gets away with it, with the video she probably gets a hefty payout and he'll probably lose his job. Which he should.

spqr_ca:This is why you have to resist all attempts to prevent photography and videography in public of Police. Without this video, this guy gets away with it, with the video she probably gets a hefty payout and he'll probably lose his job. Which he should.

I'm pretty sure there is a law in PA that prohibits video of the copsLink